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Social and Solidarity Economy: Our common road towards Decent Work
(2016)After the financial crisis in 2007-2008, some regions and countries, notably in Asia and Latin America, witnessed encouraging and rapid signs of recovery in their real economy, in terms of employment and poverty reduction. ... -
Social Attackability Metrics for Software Systems
(2013)Software based system have become ubiquitous in modern day activities. Software system based system are being increasing attacked, leading to the need for software system administrators, and managers to have some metrics ... -
Social Media adoption as alternative platforms for political marketing in Kenya
(2016-01)This study seeks to establish the determinants of social media adoption for political marketing in Kenya. The study is guided by the diffusion of innovations theory. The study utilizes the mixed methods sequential explanatory ... -
Social Media and Personal Branding of Gospel Musicians in Kenya
(2020-09)The paper investigated the influence of social media on personal branding of gospel Musicians in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish the forms of social media used for personal branding, to identify the ... -
Social Networking Sites in Kenya: Trigger for Non-Institutionalized Democratic Participation
(2012-07)The paper argues that Social Networking Sites (SNS) are creating communicative spaces that enables non-institutionalized democratic participation. The creation of the backbone infrastructure for ICT in Kenya has the potential ... -
Socio-economic status, knowledge, awareness and attitudes of the Swahili community in relation to dietary habits, obesity and lifestyle diseases
(AJOL, 2017)Chronic diseases of lifestyle are increasing in global prevalence and they threaten developing nations’ ability to improve the health of their populations. Previously, lifestyle diseases were thought to be diseases of the ... -
Some Antibacterial and Antifungal Compounds from Root Bark of Rhus natalensis
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2019-09)Phytochemical studies on Rhus natalensis root bark collected from Iten, Kenya led to isolation and characterization of five compounds namely epicatechin (1), 3-sitosterol (2), 3-sitosterol glucoside (3),stigmasterol (4) ... -
Spatial modeling of HIV and HSV-2 among women in Kenya with spatially varying coefficients
(2016)Background: Disease mapping has become popular in the field of statistics as a method to explain the spatial distribution of disease outcomes and as a tool to help design targeted intervention strategies. Most of these ... -
Spatiotemporal Statistical Channel Model for Indoor Corridor at 14 GHz, 18 GHz, and 22 GHz Bands
(Wiley, 2018-12)Several techniques have been proposed to overcome challenges of meeting demands for higher data rates in wireless communication. Space-time diversity method is proposed to exploit spatiotemporal nature of the channel; ... -
Species composition and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in relation to land use systems along the Thika River, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-02-26)Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera) are widely distributed and commonly used in biological assessment of water quality because of their sensitivity. Their application as bio-indicators in tropical streams and rivers, however, ... -
Spectrophotometric Determination of Traces of Lead (II) in Spinach Samples Marketed in Chuka, Kenya
(2015-11-15)Three hydroxytriazenes were synthesized and studied for the spectrophotometric determination of Lead (II) in spinach samples. Lead (II) reacts with hydroxytriazenes to form a 1:2 yellow complex, having a sensitive absorption ... -
Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from black cotton soil habitats of a highland savanna biome in Laikipia, central Kenya
(2004)Spiders were sampled at Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia, Kenya using pitfall trapping and sweep netting. Sampling was conducted from May 2001 to July 2002. A total of 10,487 individuals from 132 species belonging to 30 ... -
SPORTS TOURISM AND PERCEIVED SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT IN KENYA: THE CASE OF MACHAKOS COUNTY
(Elsevier, 2017-08)Purpose – Smaller events have been favoured by many commentators in sports research because mega events have been criticised for failing to have an aggregate positive advantage to local communities, especially in developing ... -
Sports Tourism Events and Socio-economic Well-being of the Host Communities: Motivations and Benefits from an Emerging Destination
(2021-06)Travel and tourism industry has been considered as a major catalyst for local community development. As an alternative way of involving the host community in tourism activities directly, sports tourism aims to enable the ... -
Sports Tourism Events and Socio-economic Well-being of the Host Communities: Motivations and Benefits from an Emerging Destination
(Events and Tourism Review, 4(1), 30-42., 2021)Travel and tourism industry has been considered as a major catalyst for local community development. As an alternative way of involving the host community in tourism activities directly, sports tourism aims to enable the ... -
SSH-Brute Force Attack Detection Model based on Deep Learning
(2021-01)The rising number of malicious threats on computer networks and Internet services owing to a large number of attacks makes the network security be at incessant risk. One of the predominant network attacks that poses ... -
Stakeholders’ Role in the Adoption of Green Practices among Star Rated Hotels along Coastal Kenya: Partnerships and Collaborations
(2022-12)The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the key economic sectors expected to take a leadership role in transforming the emerging green economy. Climate change impacts on ecological sustainability alongside considerable ... -
Status of Learning Amid Covid -19 For Learners with Disabilities and the Accompanying School Closures: A Case of Selected Counties in Kenya
(2023-01)The Covid-19 pandemic brought changes to the scenario of teaching and learning in institutions of education. The shift from face-to-face traditional mode to online platforms brought many challenges along with it. This ‘new ... -
Stored Grains Protection Activity of Ocimum Suave Extracts and Compounds on Larger Grain Borer
(IOSR Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry (IOSR-JBB) Volume 8, Issue 4 (Jul. – Aug. 2022), PP 05-10, 2022)Post-harvest pests cause serious losses to agricultural products in Africa. The pests consist mostly of beetles or moths and infest the grains at the crop stage or during the storage. Larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus ... -
Strain variation in vitamin A (retinol) status of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
(International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 1996)Decreased plasma concentrations of vitamin A (retinol) and retinol-binding protein have been previously identified in human subjects with type I diabetes mellitus. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects ...